Sravasti Abbey
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Compassion conjoined with wisdom
Continued commentary on the three types of compassion and beginning the section on ways of…
View PostReview session: Three types of compassion
A review session on the three types of compassion, including the analogy of the bucket…
View PostThree types of compassion
Explanation of Chandrakirti's verses identifying three types of compassion.
View PostDefinite and indefinite karma
Continuing the teachings from Chapter 11, finishing section "The ripening of karmic seeds" and starting…
View PostThe 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas: Verses 16-20
Commentary on verses for training the mind to transform how adverse circumstances are viewed and…
View PostThe four immeasurables
The four immeasurables—love, compassion, joy and equanimity—present a way to relate to other living beings…
View PostMeditation on cultivating the four immeasurable thou...
The more we familiarize ourselves with the four immeasurable thoughts—love, compassion, joy and equanimity—the more…
View PostKarma that ripens at death
Continuing Chapter 11, explaining many factors that affect the result of karma and different perspectives…
View PostKeeping the promise of bodhicitta
Discussing Verses 11-16 on the importance of making ourselves into trustworthy people: in general and…
View PostThe truth of cessation
Completion of the commentary on the truth of origination followed by commentary on the truth…
View PostThe truth of origination of suffering
The completion of the commentary to the truth of suffering followed by the commentary to…
View PostRefuting the elements as the cause of afflictions
Refuting views that assert the elements of the body are the substantial cause of the…
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